No, but it's still not uncommon in Italy, if as an optional pump with a built in higher price per litre. But the self service pumps don't need a lunch break. Which reminds me of the Italian… (View Post)

Yeah, I heard that story while driving the bit of the '75 in Kentucky where the shooter had a pop at passing traffic a week or two earlier. You'd think he'd already be gone. Meanwhile … (View Post)

Well, the hotel staff have been round and put all the chairs around the swimming pool on their sides and turned all the tables upside down. So at least we’re now hurricane-proof…. (View Post)

Nothing good was ever going to come of that man achieving the top office, as was obvious to anyone really watching, decades in advance. (View Post)

The MPs should try sharing the rules they impose on British local government? (View Post)